I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

History is written by the winners.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

We are an integral part of beauty, not something separate.

I can only say this, a very, very important element of any country, but our country, and in my opinion, the single most important thing that a president can do is the defense of our country.

The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest.

I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people.

Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete.

And with joy you realize for the first time "Thinking's just like not thinking — So I don't have to think any more".

I've got to bring it 'cause they're going to compare me to that Taylor [Lautner] kid, and if I don't bring it, I'm just going to get crushed.

There's always that feeling of 'Oh, God! One day they'll find out that I really have no idea what I'm doing.